The trip to Marion last Saturday did not spell well for the men’s and women’s basketball teams. The women fell to Indiana Wesleyan University 75-42, putting up their second lowest scoring output on the season. The men were more efficient against the Wildcats, but in the end too many turnovers cost them as they lost 95-78.  The women shot an uncharacteristically low 31% (14-45), while the Wildcats shot 52%. Goshen began the game with four straight points but that would be their only lead of the night as the rest of the quarter would belong to the Wildcats who outscored...

By Zack Begly • February 16, 2020 • Sports

Both the women and mens basketball teams lost to the University of Saint Francis this past Saturday. The men lost 84-76 to the 21st-ranked Cougars, while the women lost 65-41 In the women’s game, the Maple Leafs trailed by eight points after the first quarter and the gap only grey in the second. In the second half, the Cougars finished with 17 points in each quarter. The Maple Leafs could not shrink the margin, as the Cougars remained consistent.  The Cougar guard, Savannah Buck, finished with a game high of 15 points. On the Maple Leaf side, TaNiece Chapman, a...

By Ben Cotton • February 7, 2020 • Sports

The Goshen College men and women’s basketball teams faced Bethel University last Saturday, in what was a pride night and US Highway 20 matchup. The women’s team team beat the local rivals 81-77 but the men’s team fell 101-70. For the women’s game, the first half was evenly matched with a 44-41 halftime score. During the end of the third quarter, the Maple Leafs were trailing 68-62. But six three-pointers in the fourth quarter gave the Leafs the momentum to secure the victory. Alyson Prigge, a senior, led the Leafs with 24 points and six three-pointers of her own. Janara...

By Emily Cummings • January 24, 2020 • Sports

Goshen College men’s basketball traveled to Notre Dame on Saturday, Nov. 16, to face off against Holy Cross College. The Saints secured the win 83-60 behind a strong 18-point and four-assist performance from Storm Cook. The Maple Leafs were led by a strong performance from Trevor Franklin, a first-year, who set a career high in points, with 13 in his first career start. Tanner Camp, a senior, and Austin Branagan, a junior, led Goshen in rebounds with five. Juniors Tahj Curry and Michael Bowers paced the Leafs with two assists apiece. Holy Cross opened the scoring with a three, which...

By Zack Begly • November 29, 2019 • Sports

Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams were in action this past weekend. The men’s team failed to defend the Ruth Gunden Gymnasium as they fell to Trinity International University 79-93 on Saturday. Meanwhile, the women’s team traveled to Western Wisconsin for a weekend tournament hosted by Viterbo University. The Maple Leafs lost Friday’s matchup 77-56 before bouncing back for Saturday’s game to win 70-62. At home, the men began the game playing their brand of basketball. They like to play a physical defense, and when attacking, they look for layups and hunt for 3-point opportunities.  On offense, the Maple...

By William Troyer • November 6, 2019 • Sports

The Ruth Gunden Gymnasium was a sea of celebration this past Tuesday night as both the men’s and women’s basketball teams reign victorious in the first home double header of the season. The women’s team took the court first as they defeated Holy Cross College 67-55. The men’s team then followed by defeating the University of Northwestern Ohio 78-69.  The first three minutes of the women’s game were back and forth before the Maple Leafs began creating issues for the Saints with their press. The Maple Leafs caused turnovers for the entire first quarter, and were able to jump start...

By William Troyer • November 1, 2019 • Sports

Goshen College basketball senior guard Demarkus Stuckey was selected as the NAIA National Men’s Basketball Div. II Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 28 to Feb. 3. The Saginaw, Michigan native posted well above average numbers in his two conference games throughout the week. Stuckey averaged 31.5 points, 4.5 assists and 4.5 rebounds during the week. Stuckey also placed the dagger into the previously number-one-ranked Indiana Wesleyan University with a game-winning three-pointer in the final seconds of the matchup. In game one on a Tuesday night, the Maple Leafs traveled to Grace College and Stuckey put on...

By Ben Cotton • February 15, 2019 • Sports

Cold shooting stymied the Maple Leaf men’s and women’s basketball teams on Saturday afternoon against the visiting St. Francis Cougars. In the women’s game, seniors Haley Archibeque, Caitlyn O’Neal and Sydney Stein all started for the Leafs in their second-to-last home game. St. Francis opened the game with a seven-point run that came to an abrupt halt after a TaNiece Chapman layup with five minutes left in the first quarter. The rest of the half quickly turned into a back-and-forth affair after the Leafs were able cut the deficit to two (10-8) at the end of the first quarter. The...

By Evan Beck • February 15, 2019 • Sports

The men’s basketball team fell to the nationally ranked Spring Arbor Cougars on Saturday, Jan. 19. Their record drops to 6-16 and 0-10 in the Crossroads League. The Leafs were on the attack early, as they took a 4-0 lead only 30 seconds into the game. While Goshen had the lead for almost the whole first half, Spring Arbor then started to pick up the pace. Maple Leaf senior Carter Boos was able to add nine points in the first half, including a game-tying bucket, before the Cougars matched Boos’ score with 13 seconds left in play. The Cougars were...

By Alyson Prigge • January 25, 2019 • Sports

Last Saturday, Jan. 12, the Goshen College Maple Leafs traveled to Fort Wayne, Indiana to take on the University of Saint Francis. The Cougars were ranked at 19 in the country entering this one. The Maple Leafs really could have used a conference win to keep their postseason hopes alive. However, the Maple Leafs really came out sluggish in this one, not getting the start they had hoped for. The Maple Leafs trailed at the end of one half with a score of 48-38. The Cougars had many contributors to their 48 points in the first half. For the Maple...

By William Troyer • January 17, 2019 • Sports

“Dribble-dribble. Cross-cross. Between the legs. Hit the three!” said Roderick Wilmont, an assistant coach. This is how afternoon basketball practice begins for the Goshen College Men’s Basketball Team. “Get hot, Ryan!” Wilmont yelled to a first-year during a shooting drill. This may sound typical of a college basketball practice, but the man yelling it is not your average coach. Wilmont grew up in the Miami area playing basketball, where he did not start playing the game until he was 7 or 8 years old. “My mom played basketball at Baylor University and my dad was all about football,” Wilmont said....

By William Troyer • November 28, 2018 • Features

The Men’s basketball team lost both games this weekend as they traveled to Indiana Wesleyan to play in the Caleb Dimmich tournament. The Maple Leafs lost 95-93 against the University of Michigan Dearborn on Friday and fell 82-58 against Olivet Nazarene University the following day. During Friday night’s match-up, Goshen’s Demarkus Stuckey lead the way early on for the Maple Leafs. Stuckey hit four three-pointers in the first five minutes of play and would finish the half with 18 points. An Austin Branagan three-pointer put the Maple Leafs on top by 15, which gave the Maple Leafs their largest advantage...

By William Troyer • November 7, 2018 • Sports

“Dribble, dribble, cross, cross, between the legs, hit the three!” Basketball practice is just starting as the men’s team starts their first drill of the afternoon. “Get hot, Ryan!” Coach Roderick “Rod” Wilmont yells to a first-year during their next shooting drill. A lot of NAIA basketball practices may sound like this, but the man yelling these phrases is not your average coach. Wilmont grew up in the Miami area playing basketball. He said he did not start playing the game until he was seven or eight years old. “My mom played basketball at Baylor University and my dad was...

By William Troyer • October 31, 2018 • Sports

Devin Heath-Granger and Billy Geschke, seniors, finished their careers in purple doing what they do best for the Goshen College men’s basketball team in Saturday’s 89-82 loss to Marian University at Gunden Gymnasium. Heath-Granger, GC’s newly touted career assist leader, matched his career-high dime-dropping total with 12 while Geschke concluded his illustrious scoring career with a game-high 25. Heath-Granger played all 40 minutes in the contest nearly totaling a triple-double with 14 points and seven rebounds to accompany his 12 assists. Christian Grider, Conner Funkhouser and Emmanuel Adu, all seniors, joined Heath-Granger and Geschke in the starting lineup for their...

By Chandler Ingle • February 22, 2018 • Sports

GOSHEN, Ind. — The Goshen College men’s and women’s basketball programs fell to the University of St. Francis last Saturday in a double-header at home as the women lost 74-50 while the men fell 87-74 on Professor and Staff Appreciation Day. Festivities started off rocky as the wrong ball was used for the first two and a half minutes, and neither team scored during that period. At the 7:21 mark, Kara Gerka scored the first basket for St. Francis (16-10, 8-6 Crossroads League), en route to a game-high 22 points. St. Francis led 18-9 after one quarter. St. Francis went...

By Zack Begly • February 8, 2018 • Sports